The Dillon tribune., 1887-08-19
.-z y, VENEZUELA.


Iux"rions Homes AJAX.
The e'nn, .r;",e.y entertainments
.s son,ethirg alnaos: 'i''ca1n$
There was W. were only 5000 feet up,
in s, sa', tne pulse grew quicker, breath
and stll ',,o NOR, rapid, a little siddil'css
ing was wass.,s;oually. and there was q curl
came ;; so,,nd in the nocntide still
ss; ss,s1,ins Of i'e soon caused fatigue, and we
Walslns nss heen not q little uneasy
might ns,r r,r' apparent weakness. if our
sDo,'. '..;ond. o Mai. Scott. had not assured
socd 1fla',1, '..,a dine to the change OF Gle
IS tina. tia. ! TINT NIT the same thing happened to
rsn% and A. That it took only 4 few days tc
him, n,c na~,cc,ston,ed. Beside that change,
gov a,aollv a,d M found another. At La Guaira,
We st = hse, uncomfortably warm, not t"
Nv v hot but at Caracas ao,loie 9 a olahnes .,,s
~ y. n always needed on ones bed' and the
sas ',,rv m" WAS rarely up to So degs. be-
nae"" : IN. More than onco little
iae s u,,,ld have been thankfully well
NJ a,s,sd. Native ladies wear white largely.
ee4fS. =. toreieners rarely find the air warln
~ s.nsh ,rf to justify a change from their
home attire. -,
,,r;cs. and well paved, though with
uvl.y as,now sidewalks. AS q rule, houses arc
;a ,.,;lt of only one story, for fear of earth
",. sssLes s,ch as have devastated the city
roe than once in days gone by. Outer
calls r arc plain and somber. bearing no
,.ston to the luxuriant interiors.
around spacious patio or court, filed
rih trees flowers, ornamental fruits and
.tountain or two. the house spreads ito
rlonuades and opens wide its doors.
vnbidding enough to strangers, the
nal is no sooner passed than the scene
! one of true home like comfort, of
sry accessory that taste and money can
rocidc. They live like princes, these
|iAaalellos Of the uppermost grade, and
|hpr hospitality is as free as Pcrsian's.
|rbey have carried the study oi entertain
mp very far. and their dinner parties
rould be difficult to excel III Now York
r Paris. Such floral decorations us
,dum every table in Caracas could only
he Obtained in New York at a first class
anit's S, and at great cost.
It would be difficult to find in any
hnd more charming women than the
Craquenas. Spanish descent has given
Them grace Of figure I'd of motion
hat sail their own. Then pure noun
tain air and sans souci mode OF life fur.
nsh complexion that would be VERT
able velours de rose, il they would only
kap detestable powder away from it.
Their constant association with distin-
suihed natives and diplomatic foreigners,
Who largely give tone to u capital, has
runoted a quickness Of mind as well as
aourtly bearing that accolyls with 1i,cir
he figures. And they have. beside,
rheness that is wholly native. We
tund our acq,,aii,tances Of Il month fast
pwing into friends before the goodbys
nme, and we are resolved to greet them
gain some day not too far away.
a1uoiS VIC lesiueis we We're glad 70 sec
tao Of our own countrywomen, who. al
aough adopted Venczuclans now. will,
'harnins families growing up around
's are still and always Americans,
Viii .sarts and hands open to their wan
derlng countrymen.
Amusements arc many and varied.
lVo theaters were in operation, one with
|. wretched opera company from New
iosk-whS s, people will 90 SC far to sell
!, . htt'e is hard to say; the other with u
japanese acrobatic troupe, who were
,Sug very well. Of late years President
1a.man y. has exercised good taste in pro-
aunng those bloody scenes of the bull
% mS1nat have SO long disgraced Madrid
NJ havana; and the national entertain
' aent deprived Of its cruelty, seems to
Nv. a.e pN attraction. Cock fighting re-
aalns' however, and the excitable. ,,cr-
'vas crowds who go at every chance of
.aness'ng u, seem to enjoy ii very
m aocn,-Dr. W. +. Hutchinson in Amcri-
IN Magazine.